Overview:

The traditional hard hat design actually does what it was designed to do really well, and that’s preventing head injuries from objects striking workers directly—linear impacts. What it doesn’t account for as well are glancing blows or angled impacts that create rotational forces to the brain which can have long lasting, detrimental effect to worker health. 

Olof Rylander, Sr Business Developer of Safety for Mips joins us to discuss how his company is addressing this worksite risk by boosting the protection power of safety helmets with an innovative safety system aimed at reducing rotational motion. 

Show Highlights:

• The current blindspot in hard hat and safety helmet testing
• The difference between angled and direct impacts
• Rotational motion and its long-lasting damage to the brain
• How Mips works to mitigate rotational motion

Featured Guest:

Olof Rylander, Sr. Business Developer of Safety for Mips